I'm on the peninsula north of San Jose. At one of my garden sites, the eggplants and zucchinis have already frozen (from morning sun hitting the dew in the low 40s). It gets the cold afternoon winds and everything freezes there first. A mile away, at another garden that's a lot more sheltered, I still have tomato plants, though not much that's worth picking is left. And 4 miles away, a friend has eggplants that are flourishing.
It's a good climate for growing, but a difficult place to find garden space. I'm always trying to strike a balance between growing a big variety but still giving plants room to grow.
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